Veterans Building fund drive slow. $7,000 still needed
Collections lag as Herbert Goodson leads renewed efforts by American Legion and VFW posts to raise the remaining seven thousand dollars for the Veterans Building. The modern brick facility will serve veterans and the public with a banquet hall, club rooms, kitchen, and caretaker living quarters. Donations of any size are urged, with a weekly donor list to be printed in The Chief. Contributions can be made at Comanche Bank or through Legion and VFW leaders J. E. Lightfoot, Fane Waldrop, and Herbert Goodson.
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Veterans’ Building Fund
Herbert Goodson
American Legion
VFW
Veterans
Comanche County War Veterans
Goodson
Comanche County
Comanche Bank
Witi
J. E. Lightfoot
Fane Waldrop
Veterans’ Building Fund Drive
Legion
Chimes of First Baptist Church Sermons and Sunday School
The First Baptist Church schedule notes morning service on The Trial of Jesus and evening sermon Isaac as a Type of Christ. Sunday School starts at 9 45 with Training Union at 6 00. Also mentions visitors Lloyd Welder returning to Des Moines and Ben Pittman visiting Comanche with no details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Isaac
Christ
S. S
Training Union
Waldrop Announces Candidacy for Comanche Mayor
Fane Waldrop launched his campaign for Mayor of Comanche with a formal announcement to appear in The Chief's political column. He is son of the late R B Waldrop and co owner of the Owl Confectionery with brother Dale, a former WWII Seabee veteran and current Post Commander of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F
Fane) Waldrop
Comanche
Owl
Continental Trailway
Western Union Telegraph Company
Waldrop
South Texas
Seabees
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Euell Arthur Announces Candidacy for City Council
Euell Arthur, owner of Arthur Chevrolet in Comanche, announces his bid for City Council this week. He previously ran two years ago and lost by one vote. Arthur is the son of Ed and Mrs. Ed Arthur of Winters and grandson of the late J B Arthur, former City Marshal of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euell Arthur
Arthur
Arthur Chevrolet
Comanche
Mr. Arthur
Ed Arthur
Winters
J. B. Arthur
CHS Teachers To Play Girls Cage Team March 11
Comanche High School hosts a March 11 girls basketball double feature in which the Comanche Public School faculty team, coached by Hattie Brightman and C Klingman, challenges the CHS first team. Also scheduled is a Comanche B team game against De Leon with proceeds supporting the nasium Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHS
Comanche Public School
Hattie Brightman
C. Co. Klingman
Barlene Lawless
Jane Harkins
Edna Harris
Tommie Joyce Cunningham
Edna Tinnert
Dorothy Armstrong
Vonita Morris
Faye Chaffin
Mary Beaty
Hattie Harris
Jewel Hathcock
Marguerite Rice
Comanche
Anna Joyce Proffitt
Laura Johnston
Carmaleta Williams
Huelene Waldrop
Nelda Cagle
Marie Bear
Peggy Seals
Joan Welch
Debbie Sue_ Hicks
de Leon
Scott
Patsy
Evans
Cherry Brooks
Juanita Bonser
Zelma Hicks
Merle Payne
Wanda Davis
Miss Johnson Weds Monselle O'Brien in Fort Worth Ceremony
Lucille Johnson became the bride of Hugh Monselle O'Brien in a February 18 Fort Worth ceremony officiated by Rev. J. C. Cash. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Shaw. The groom, a World War II veteran, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O'Brien of Route 2 Comanche. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keiffer Johnson of Route 2 Comanche. The couple will reside on the O'Brien farm in the Sweetwater community, Route 2, Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Johnson
Hugh Monselle O’brien
Comanche
Fort Worth
J. C. Cash
Cecil Shaw
Hugh O’brien
Rt. 2
Keiffer Johnson
Route 2
O’brien
Sweetwater
Mrs Weldon McBride and Baby Visit Dallas
Mrs. Weldon McBride and her infant daughter Pamela visit relatives and friends in Dallas, spending time with family during a noted social trip. The visit highlights family connections in the Dallas area during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Weldon McBride
Baby
Pamela
Dallas
Chaffin To Aid Dallas Schools
Virgil Chaffin, famed as Comanche Public Schools' superintendent, was invited by Dallas Public Schools to assist in evaluating three Dallas high schools. He will travel March 9 with Comanche High School Principal M. T. Camp for a three day assignment, with travel and hotel expenses covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Chaffin
Comanche Public Schools
Texas
Dallas
Chaffin
Comanche
M. T. Camp
E. B. Combstock
Dallas Public Schools
Woodrow Wilson High School
N. R. Crozier Technical High School
Sunset High School
Newspaperman And Sculpturist Wife Visit Comanche
Mr and Mrs Joe Keith of Pennsylvania visit Comanche en route home from Mardi Gras in New Orleans to see aunts George W Tate and Miss Leve Roberson. Mrs Violet Clark Keith, a renowned sculptor, discusses her mask collection used for Mardi Gras revelers and notes plans to wear striking disguises.
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Joe Keith
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
George W. Tate
Leve Roberson
Keith
New York
Violet Clark Keith
Roosevelt Hotel
Bette Davis
Garbo
Dietrich
Colbert
Loy
Robert Taylor
James Cagney
Chicago Civic Opera Co
Ole Gal
Mrs. M. O. Morgan Claimed By Death
Mrs. Marriott Odell Morgan 63 of the Gustine area died January 10 after a five month illness. Funeral services were held January 11 at the First Baptist Church of Gustine with Rev. S. J. Isham officiating and burial in Union Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons R. B. Ewing Jr Bertis Harris Glen Harris Roy Crownover Arthur and Walter Ewing. She was born October 19 1883 in Hamilton to W. M. and Nancy Savage. Survived by husband D. P. Morgan and children Mrs. R. B. Ewing Mrs. Cleo Ewing Bethel Harris William E. Morgan Troy Morgan and J. B. Morgan. sister Geneva Lovelace and brothers Hervey Savage Roe Savage Terrence Savage. All near relatives except Terrence attended the funeral. She joined the Baptist Church in childhood and remained active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marriott Odell Morgan
Gustine
Hamilton
W. M
Nancy Savage
D. P. Morgan
Comanche County
Fort Worth
Morgan
R. B. Ewing
Cleo Ewing
Dallas
Bethel Harris
William E. Morgan
New York
Troy Morgan
Brownwood
J. B. Morgan
Geneva Lovelace
Portales
New Mexico
Hervey Savage
Roe Savage
Houston
Terrence Savage
Tyler
Parker Layne Family Visit At Grandmother Layne Home
Mr and Mrs Parker Layne and their children from Cameron were guests in the home of their grandmother Mrs J B Layne for a day this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Layne
Cameron
J. B. Layne
Annual Methodist Revival Begins Here Wednesday
The First Methodist Church of Comanche schedules a revival from Wednesday March 12 through Sunday March 23 with preaching twice daily. Visiting evangelist Rev. Quay Parmer, a former Army preacher with the 5th Armored Division, will lead the revival and appeal urges church members to invite and pray for strong attendance and spiritual renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quay Palmer
Fort Worth
First Methodist Church of
Comanche
First Methodist Church
Palmer
5Th Armored Division
Patton
Comanche School Principals Named In Board Meeting
At a Comanche School Board meeting M. T. Camp was re elected band director Mrs Robbie R Burdette was re elected Grammar School principal and D Brown was re elected Ward School principal The board noted Camp has served as high school principal since November 1 and asked to be relieved at year end to focus on band work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche School Board
M. T. Camp
Robbie R. Burdette
Grammar
D. Brown
Ward School
Camp
Home Demonstration Club Sale To Be Held Saturday
County Home Demonstration Clubs sponsor an old time country store sale at the Durham Building in Comanche on the west side square from 10 a m to 5 p m Saturday March 10. Pre war prices apply to many useful items offered for sale.
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Durham
West Side Square
Comanche
Comanche Study Club Plans New Cook Book
The Comanche Study Club with 25 members is compiling a new cookbook to be published soon. It will feature several hundred recipes and include advertisements, following the group’s last issue in 1927.
Whisky still seized on Comanche farm by joint officers
Comanche County Sheriff Gaston Boykin Brown County Sheriff Otis Shaw and Constable Leonard McKinzie led a raid that uncovered a copper still a 50 gallon drum eight gallons of white lightning corn whiskey 110 gallons of mash and a cache of whiskey in feed trough. An arrest was made and partisan probes continue into other suspects.
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Comanche
Brown County
Comanche County
Gaston Boykin
Otis Shaw
Leonard McKinzie
Brownwood
Boykin
Shaw
Dr. E. E. Blackwood Announces City Council Candidacy
Dr. E. E. Blackwood, founder of the Blackwood Clinic & Hospital, is a candidate for City Council. He has practiced in Comanche since 1944 after earlier service in Raton New Mexico and Dawson Texas. He is a 1940 graduate of Des Moines Still College. His brother Dr. W. D. Blackwood has worked with him at the hospital since 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Blackwood
Blackwood
Blackwood Clinic & Hospital
Comanche
Raton
New Mexico
Dawson
Texas
Des Moines
Herbert Cunningham Announces City Council Candidacy
Herbert Cunningham, manager and part owner of Comanche Feed Mills, declares his bid for City Council in The Chief's political announcements. He hails from a longstanding Comanche County family, is son of Mrs. Dave Cunningham, and recently lost his father. He attended Comanche High School and Polytechnic High in Fort Worth before ten years with a Houston chemical firm, including time in the northern United States and Canada.
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Herbert Cunningham
Cunningham
Comanche Feed Mills
D. H. Cunningham
Comanche County
Dave Cunningham
Comanche High School
Polytechnic High
Fort Worth
Chemical
Houston
Uni
Canada
Funeral Rites For H O Allen Held In Wichita Falls
H O Allen former manager of J T Mays & Company furniture store died at his home in Wichita Falls after a months long illness. Funeral services were held at Wesleyan Methodist Church in Wichita Falls with interment in Mineral Wells. He is survived by his wife and one daughter.
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H. O. Allen
J. T. Mays & Company
Wichita Falls
Mr. Allen
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Mineral Wells
Parker and Chandler Visit Ill Father in Arkansas
R. E. Parker and Mrs. L. R. Chandler departed Friday for Mena Arkansas to see their father W. L. Parker who is reported seriously ill in a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Parker
Mrs. L. R. Chandler
Mena, Ark
W. L. Parker
Comanche Lions Lead State in Red Cross Drive Results
Comanche Lions Club added 63 members in January raising total to 144 and ranking second in the nation. Pat Cagle led as president with L. R. Smallwood chairing the drive. award recipients gained two or more new members. Comanche County also first in Texas to exceed its 1947 Red Cross quota with George R. Willis praising the club’s effort.
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Comanche Lions Club
Melvin Jones
Texa
United States
Lions Club of
San Juan Y Martinez
Cuba
du Quoin
Ilinois
Quemade de Guines
Comanche
Chicago
Tilingis
Pat Cagle
L. R. Smallwoold
Clarence Jones
John D. Waring, Jr
Lions Club
Lion
Cagle
Texas
Red Cross
National Red Cross
St. Louis
Missouri
Comanche County
George R. Willis
Mid
Willis
Chaim J. BE. Lightfoot
Roy Brannan
J. Burton
Dick Weekes Announces Candidacy for City Council
Dick Weekes announces his bid for City Council this week. He is joined by manager and major stockholder Jack Vaught of the Texas Peanut Company, a large local business founded two years ago. Weekes previously worked in the peanut industry and moved to Comanche to help establish the Texas Peanut Company, buying a home on Northwest 36th Street.
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Dick Weekes
Mr. Weekes
Jack Vaught
Fexas Peanut Company
Comanche
Texas Peanut Company
Mr. Week
36Th Street
Starr's Sale Opens Today at Starr's Variety Store
Starr's local variety store launches a spring money saving sale on new spring goods. J. S. Starr, owner, announces the campaign and directs readers to the page 2 advertisement for details.
Meeting on softball plans in Co Manche County Courtroom
A gathering of softball enthusiasts will be held Friday afternoon March 7 at 5 o'clock in the Co Manche County Courtroom. All interested in playing this summer or helping to organize the softball association are urged to attend. Officers will be elected and several committees formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Softball Association
De Leon gains new theatre owners and upcoming Leon opening
Hugh L. Millington and A. R. Parsons of De Leon Dodge Plymouth dealers purchased the Texas Theatre in De Leon this week and now run the new Leon in De Leon. The Leon is under construction and slated to open in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh L. Millington
A. R. Parsons
de Leon
Texas Theatre
Mr. Millington
Mr. Parsons
the Leon
Gail Dudley Attends Hereford Association Meeting
Gail Dudley, local rancher and freeceman, attended the National Hereford Association stockholders meeting in Kansas City last week. He is a director of the Texas Hereford Association and was elected as a delegate to the national convention. He reports a successful meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Dudley
National Hereford Association
Kansas City
Dudley
Texas Hereford Association
Rabbit Drive at Thommarson Farm In Comanche Area
A rabbit drive will be held at J. W. Thommarson farm 34 miles northeast of Comanche on Wednesday March 12. An old fashioned Comanche stew will be served at noon and ammunition will be available. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Thommarson
Comanche
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Veterans Building Fund
First Baptist Church
John G. Lambrides
Lloyd Welder
Iowa
Annie Richey
Dock Mast
Pittman
B. J
Ben) Pittman
Ritz Theatre
Jack Randall
MR. Hex
Leo Gorcey and
The
Bowery Boys
Kane Richmond
Stephanie Bachelor
C.hss
Miss Johnson
Monselle O'Brien
Study Club
Comanche Farm
Mid-West
Comanche Lions
Lion Cagle
Lions International
Starr
No Leon Theatre
Hereford Association
Thommarson
Mar
Majestic Theatre
FRI
SAT
Monte Hale
Betty Compson
Escort Girl
Criminal Court
Tom Conway
Martha O'Driscoll
John King
Arlene Judge
Roland Coleman
the Cisco Kid
California Trail
Hedy Lamarr
George Sanders
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